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羨 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「羊」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「羊」
On
セン・エンせん・えん · sen · en
Kun
うらや.む・あまりuraya.mu · amari
Meaning
envy; covet

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A sheep plus drooling: looking at a fine sheep and coveting it.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen羨望せんぼう
Kunうらやむurayamu羨むうらやむ
Kunうらやましいurayamashii羨ましいうらやましい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 羨望せんぼう

    envy

  • 羨ましいうらやましい

    enviable

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

友(とも)の才能(さいのう)が心(こころ)から羨(うらや)ましい。

I genuinely envy my friend’s talent.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

羨望羨望hope羞feel…羊sheep羌the Qi…美beauti…羔a lamb串skewer宛addres…咽throat怨grudge俺I
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 羊Map of reading センAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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